Seats (, , , ) were
administrative divisions
Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...
in the medieval
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...
. The seats were autonomous regions within the Kingdom, and were independent from the feudal
county system. Their autonomy was granted in return for the military services they provided to the Hungarian Kings.
The following divisions were at one point Székely seats:
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Marosszék
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Udvarhelyszék
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Csíkszék
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Gyergyószék
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Sepsiszék
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Orbaiszék
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Kézdiszék
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Aranyosszék
Seats were formed by the:
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Székelys
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Transylvanian Saxons
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Cumans
The Cumans or Kumans were a Turkic people, Turkic nomadic people from Central Asia comprising the western branch of the Cumania, Cuman–Kipchak confederation who spoke the Cuman language. They are referred to as Polovtsians (''Polovtsy'') in Ru ...
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Jassic people
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Ten Lance Bearers
Most seats gave up their autonomous status and military traditions in late medieval times and paid tax instead.
Medieval Kingdom of Hungary
Former administrative divisions of countries
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